The "Mother of Israel" or the "Sephardi Metropolis"? Sephardim, Ashkenazim, and Romaniotes in Salonica
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2746937 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Devin E Naar (corresponding author), Devin E Naar Devin E Naar |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 81 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Jewish Social Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-6704 • E-ISSN: 1527-2028 |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/jewisocistud.22.1.03 |
| OpenAlex | W2535892425 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 16 |
Although Sephardim and Ashkenazim are often considered to be two distinct Jewish groups that rarely intersected, a close look at the case of Salonica (Thessaloniki), a port city in present-day northern Greece, reveals the permeability and mobility among Jewish communities over the generations. Although often imagined as the capital of the Sephardi Jewish world, Salonica became home not only to Jews expelled from Spain but also to those from Portugal, Italy, and elsewhere prior to and after 1492. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, industrialization, urbanization, and major political upheavals such as the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire propelled Jews from the region and beyond to seek refuge in Salonica. During this period of transition, some Jews from the Balkan town of Monastir, Greek-speaking Romaniote Jews from Thessaly, and Ashkenazi Jews from eastern and central Europe played key roles in Salonican Jewish society, whereas others experienced marginalization
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Jews in the Realm of the Sultans
Empire of Difference
Jewish socialism in ottoman Salonica
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Paths of Emancipation
The Jews and Prostitution in Constantinople, 1854-1922
Early Modern Jewry
Greece--a Jewish History
From Iberia to Diaspora
The Exception of Salonika
Mother of Israel, Orphan of History
The Social Structure of the Jewish Community of Salonica at the End of the Nineteenth Century
Dictionnaire du Judeo-espagnol
Counting Bodies, Shaping Souls
Ottoman Population Records and the Census of 1881/82–1893
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |